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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Dharna Noor, Kiran Stacey, Alan Evans and Damian Carrington

Cop29 week one diary: from fossil fuel colouring books to Ronaldinho

Gazprom’s colouring book
Gazprom’s colouring book contains tips on raising the ‘environmental friendliness of fuel stations’. Photograph: Dharna Noor/The Guardian

Gazprom’s ecological colouring book

Many countries are offering treats at their Cop29 pavilions: the UK’s has a coffee bar; Georgia’s has served wine samples. But no pavilion’s offerings can top Russia’s. There, passersby can pick up a colouring book produced by the Russian majority state-owned gas company Gazprom. Its cover proclaims it full of “ecological colouring for children” and it contains tips on how to promote environmental sustainability, including uplifting the “safety and environmental friendliness of fuel stations”.

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